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Visual Arts - Graphic Design |
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Goals and Descriptions |
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Artistic Skills and Knowledge
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VA.GraphicD.1 Creating Graphic Designs
The learner will be able to
develop ideas, plan, and produce graphic designs that serve varied commercial purposes.
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VA.GraphicD.2 Expressive Content
The learner will be able to
develop skills in using the elements of art and the principles of design to produce aesthetically pleasing compositions and to communicate expressive content.
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VA.GraphicD.3 Art Education and Life
The learner will be able to
apply and recognize the use of higher-order thinking skills (e.g., tolerance for ambiguity, nuanced judgment, complex thinking, and finding structure in apparent disorder) in the creation of multiple solutions to graphic problems.
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VA.GraphicD.4 Graphic Designs for Determined Audience
The learner will be able to
produce a graphic design that uses type and illustration to communicate to a predetermined audience.
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VA.GraphicD.5 Creative Process
The learner will be able to
recognize and apply the knowledge that designers often use: defining the problem, developing multiple ideas, elaborating and refining selected ideas, and finally giving form to the idea with art media.
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VA.GraphicD.6 Safety and Maintenance
The learner will be able to
practice responsible and safe use of tools and materials.
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VA.GraphicD.7 Writing in Art
The learner will be able to
apply a variety of writing skills in creating copy for graphic design products.
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VA.GraphicD.8 Graphic Design in Life
The learner will be able to
recognize the application of higher-order thinking skills (e.g., tolerance of ambiguity, nuanced judgment, complex thinking, finding structure in apparent disorder) in the creation and production of graphic design and discusses their transfer to life and work situations.
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VA.GraphicD.9 Role of Graphic Designer
The learner will be able to
identify and discuss the role of graphic design in education for careers in graphic arts, e.g., illustrator, art director, graphic designer, and development of specific work skills that businesses value.
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VA.GraphicD.10 Career Opportunities
The learner will be able to
evaluate educational opportunities in the graphic arts and prepares a portfolio of original graphic designs.
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Critical Analysis and Aesthetics
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VA.GraphicD.11 Expressive Qualities
The learner will be able to
analyze and evaluate the use of the elements of art and principles of design to communicate expressive content and/or ideas in graphic design.
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VA.GraphicD.12 Evaluation
The learner will be able to
select and apply criteria appropriate for the evaluation of specific graphic/commercial designs.
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VA.GraphicD.13 Media and Techniques
The learner will be able to
identify and analyze the effect that media and techniques have on the creation of graphic design.
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VA.GraphicD.14 Description, Analysis,
The learner will be able to
critique graphic design using the processes of description, analysis, interpretation, and judgment based on evidence observed in the artworks.
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VA.GraphicD.15 Self-Evaluation
The learner will be able to
evaluate, based on predetermined criteria, own performance and progress on skills and written and visual products.
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VA.GraphicD.16 Defining Art
The learner will be able to
discuss the relationship of commercial art and fine art.
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VA.GraphicD.17 Art Theories
The learner will be able to
develop and supports judgments about graphic arts based on specific aesthetic theories: Formalism, Expressionism, Imitationalism, and Functionalism.
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VA.GraphicD.18 Judgments
The learner will be able to
differentiate between judgments of graphic (commercial) design based on personal preferences and those based on critical analysis and cites specific qualities within the work that elicit response.
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Historical and Cultural Context
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VA.GraphicD.19 Functions of Art
The learner will be able to
compare and contrast purposes and functions of graphic design in our society and other societies both past and present.
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VA.GraphicD.20 Art Styles
The learner will be able to
identify, compare, and contrast major styles of graphic design and their distinguishing characteristics.
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VA.GraphicD.21 Art Influences
The learner will be able to
recognize the influence of art including Fauvism, Impressionism, Cubism, Minimalism, and Abstract Expressionism, on selected graphic designs.
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VA.GraphicD.22 Researching Art
The learner will be able to
research and analyze diverse graphic designs via Internet, periodicals, texts, and videos.
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